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Afghanistans most popular film personalities Sahraa Karimi. (AFP Photo)

The world was silent: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi on Taliban...

The world was silent and didn-'t believe that the Taliban would come to the town and take over the capital of the...

22 Aug 2021 7:34 PM IST

Indian nationals gather at Dubai airport before leaving the Gulf nation on a flight back to their country (AFP)

UAE to accept Indian passport holders with 14-day rider

Presently, only UAE citizens and transit passengers are allowed to fly to the UAE, due to the coronavirus outbreak

22 Aug 2021 3:54 PM IST

Shrine of Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan. (PTI)

Pakistan to allow fully-vaccinated Sikh pilgrims to visit Kartarpur...

Pilgrimage to the Kartarpur Sahib gurdwara was suspended in March 2020 because of the COVID-19 outbreak

22 Aug 2021 3:16 PM IST

The risk factors considered in the study included flooding, cyclones, heatwaves, water scarcity, air pollution, lead pollution, and infectious diseases. (AFP Photo)

Nearly 1Bln children at -'extremely high risk-' globally due to...

The UN agency called on governments and other relevant bodies to invest more in climate adaptation and resilience for...

20 Aug 2021 8:24 PM IST

In May this year, the ruling Communist Party of China approved a relaxation of its strict two-child policy to allow all couples to have up to three children. (Representational image: AP)

China approves three-child policy with sops to encourage couples to...

China permitted all couples to have two children in 2016, scrapping the draconian decades-old one-child policy

20 Aug 2021 11:36 AM IST

Taliban fighters stand on a vehicle along the roadside in Kandahar on August 13, 2021. (AFP)

Taliban seize province near capital, attack northern city

The Taliban captured all of Logar province, detained its provincial officials and reached a district in the neighboring...

14 Aug 2021 1:23 PM IST

Taliban fighters are seen in a vehicle along the roadside in Herat, Afghanistans third biggest city, after government forces pulled out the day before following weeks of being under siege (AFP)

Taliban close in on Kabul as US scrambles to evacuate

With the country-'s second- and third-largest cities having fallen into Taliban hands, Kabul has effectively become the...

14 Aug 2021 11:13 AM IST

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 12, 2021. The Taliban captured the provincial capital near Kabul on Thursday, the 10th the insurgents have taken over a weeklong blitz across Afghanistan as the U.S. and NATO prepare to withdraw entirely from the country after decades of war. (AP/Gulabuddin Amiri)

US, UK to launch evacuation flights as Taliban advance across...

Washington and London announced plans late on Thursday to quickly pull out their embassy staff and other citizens from...

13 Aug 2021 11:26 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample from a woman to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a nucleic acid sample collection station at a park in Beijing on August 5, 2021. (Noel Celis / AFP)

China virus cases rise as Delta variant challenges Beijing

Tuesday-'s numbers are the highest since January, when the country logged 144 new cases and 126 domestic infections

10 Aug 2021 1:28 PM IST

A resident receives a nucleic acid test for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nanjing in Chinas eastern Jiangsu province. (Photo: AFP)

Millions under virus lockdown as China battles Delta outbreak

China on Monday reported 55 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases

2 Aug 2021 12:45 PM IST

A woman receives the AstraZeneca Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Trung Vuong Secondary School in Hanoi. (Photo: AFP)

Chinese mission opposes EU push for COVID-19 origins study

Chinese spokesperson said politicising the study of the origin has created difficulties for countries to fight the...

30 July 2021 10:38 AM IST

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. (PTI Photo)

Pak PM-'s party wins most seats in PoK legislative elections marred by...

PTI has won 23 seats while Pakistan Peoples Party PPP was second with eight seats

26 July 2021 12:06 PM IST